Variation of boho
Cultural expert Louis Elton coined the term Bopea after noticing the vanguard of people who, having rejected the ‘refined hedonism of the globalised Brooklyn-Shoreditch urban creative class’, are searching for a more Romantic, rural life of making, brewing, fermenting and foraging. They draw inspiration from the bohemian ethos (that’s the ‘bo’) and enjoy a ‘neo-medieval peasant worldview’ (that’s the ‘pea’), where tactile and community-driven making practices supersede capitalist or material pursuits. Knitting, cold-swimming, brewing and fermenting are all typical Bopea activities, with rewilding (‘be that rewilding nature, or rewilding the gut’
Cultural expert Louis Elton coined the term Bopea after noticing the vanguard of people who, having rejected the ‘refined hedonism of the globalised Brooklyn-Shoreditch urban creative class’, are searching for a more Romantic, rural life of making, brewing, fermenting and foraging. They draw inspiration from the bohemian ethos (that’s the ‘bo’) and enjoy a ‘neo-medieval peasant worldview’ (that’s the ‘pea’), where tactile and community-driven making practices supersede capitalist or material pursuits. Knitting, cold-swimming, brewing and fermenting are all typical Bopea activities, with rewilding (‘be that rewilding nature, or rewilding the gut’
by Rosesarerad November 29, 2023